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Tempur vs Hyde & Sleep Mattress Reviews

Compare Tempur and Hyde & Sleep mattresses side by side: owner satisfaction, support, durability and price, based on aggregated customer reviews.

Checked byBecky Reeve, Staff Writer, Mattress Expert
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Brand

Tempur

Our pick
4.7/5Owners3,080 reviews
Price range£648 – £2,299
Brand

Hyde & Sleep

4.6/5Owners613 reviews
Price range£419 – £1,199

On aggregated owner reviews, Tempur scores higher: 4.7 against 4.6 out of 5.

Becky’s take

By Becky Reeve

Checked against current models and prices in October 2026

I'd buy the Hyde & Sleep unless you need a soft mattress. Both brands are memory foam, so the choice is how much you'll pay for the same sinking feel. Tempur charges extra for its history, and I'd rather you didn't pay it. Hyde & Sleep is Dreams' own memory-foam range and sits on the same shop floor as Tempur, so you can lie on both in one visit.

Firmness is where they differ. Most Hyde & Sleep mattresses are firm, including the Original, which is the one most people have bought and reviewed, and the Hybrid Ice, which puts small springs under the foam for a bit of bounce. Firm memory foam suits a heavier back sleeper and is hard on a side sleeper's shoulder. The Refine Air and the Deluxe Ice are the medium ones, and the Refine Air is where I'd start. If you're a lighter side sleeper, Tempur's soft and medium are kinder to you, and that's the one case where I'd pay Tempur's price.

Neither brand sleeps cool. If you get hot at night, look at a sprung hybrid instead.

Head to head

Tempur has all foam, with no springs anywhere in the range; Hyde & Sleep has 5 of its 12 mattresses sprung and 5 all memory foam. Tempur runs from soft to firm, and Hyde & Sleep runs from soft-medium to extra firm. Hyde & Sleep is clearly the cheaper way in; Tempur's range starts well above it. At the top end Tempur goes further still. Tempur's owner score rests on far more reviews (3,080 against 613), so treat Hyde & Sleep's number as the less settled of the two.

How they differ

TempurHyde & Sleep
Mattresses we list2012
Price range£648 – £2,299£419 – £1,199
Owner rating
4.7/5Owners3,080 reviews
4.6/5Owners613 reviews

Mattresses only. Owner ratings are the review-weighted average across each brand’s mattresses on UK retailer sites. Prices read 11 November 2026.

Tempur

Tempur was first born in the 1980’s to relatively lukewarm acclaim, see, it was the memory foam that really got Tempur finding it’s stride and this didn’t happen until 1991, becoming one of the first companies in the world to see the commercial benefits of what is now known today as memory foam.

Today Tempur is one of the largest mattress companies in the UK and serves thousands of customers yearly with its high quality no-compromise foam filled mattresses. The Tempur brand carries huge weight and is available in many bedding and chain retailers throughout. The standout features of Tempur have kept owners coming back for decades, and those replacing one often say the old mattress lasted far beyond the traditional 7-year buying cycle. One wrote that “my last Tempur mattress lasted nearly 20 years”. A few report a new one going soft or sagging within months.

With competitive pricing and unique memory foam bounce-back comfort, it’s not hard to see why Tempur are leading the way some 40 years after inception.

Hyde & Sleep

Still fairly new to the mattress-industry, the Hyde and Sleep brand was the first real attempt from Dreams to get into the popular and saturated bed in a box segment, going head to head with the likes of Simba, Nectar and Otty. The main selling point of the brand is that they are able to offer a market leading sleep solution at a cheaper price than equivalent models in the existing Dreams lineup thanks to reduced logistical issues and reduced delivery costs. Having won multiple industry awards, the Hyde and Sleep range frequently tops charts in comfort and support.

Tempur owner satisfaction

Tempur owner satisfaction is one of the main reasons why people go on to buy another Tempur when the time eventually comes to replace. See, Tempur mattresses are almost seen as part of a ‘cult’, once you’ve slept on one, the idea of moving to an alternate brand no longer makes sense. Reviews for Tempur mattresses mostly talk of comfort and a better night’s sleep, and owners with a bad back often say the aches have eased. A minority regret it. Some wake with aches they didn’t have before, some find theirs too firm or too warm, and one called it “the most uncomfortable mattress we have ever slept on”.

Price points may serve as an issue for those looking for something a little cheaper, however, the reputation for improving the quality of people’s sleep cannot be overstated.

Tempur supportiveness

When it comes to supportiveness you could be forgiven for looking beyond Tempur mattresses. After all, the memory foam comfort layer that is unique to Tempur is, as the name suggests, for comfort and not reflective of the support systems on offer. Fortunately Tempur mattresses now feature TEMPUR® Support Material for an outstanding support layer that is unique to the brand and not available on competing products. What’s more, the company has created a small but pointed range of mattresses to ensure that whatever your support preference of soft, medium or firm, there is something for everyone.

My personal preference continues to be the medium firmness tension which offers enough support with enough “give” to ensure you will sink deep into the mattress which makes it ideal for the average person sleeping on their side.

Tempur durability

Different Tempur products have different guarantees but I do think it is particularly telling of the Tempur durability that their mattress lineup will most frequently come with a 10 year guarantee. This guarantee is a testament to the confidence the manufacturer has in their products. After all, each Tempur mattress takes around 60 hours to make (according to Tempur themselves), and in that time they go through up to 67 different quality and assurance tests to ensure that you get the right product that is built to last.

So much of the competition features 1 year guarantees which make it harder to justify the case that their durability is of a primary concern.

Tempur best offers

We've managed to find the following top deals from across the web on Tempur mattresses.

Hyde & Sleep owner satisfaction

Owner satisfaction across the lineup is good. Comfort and support are what the reviews praise most, and back pain comes up often on the positive side; one owner wrote that it “has made such a difference to my back pain”. The gripes are a feel some found too firm (“I thought I want a hard mattress but this is too hard”), a chemical smell that took weeks to clear for a few, and dipping on the Original. Temperature splits owners: “surprisingly cool to sleep on” for one, “very hot in the summer” for another.

Hyde & Sleep supportiveness

When it comes to support, Hyde and Sleep have two different support structures, one in the hybrid variety which combines foam and micro springs, and another focussing on pure foam. The tension within these models tends to be firmer than what you get with other manufacturers, with firm to very firm being commonplace across the majority of the segment. Back pain comes up in the reviews mostly on the positive side, one owner writing that “My backache has nearly gone”, though a front sleeper on the Hybrid Ice found it “did not prevent this back ache and stiff spine”.

Hyde & Sleep durability

Durability and longevity are both areas that are key to good quality control. The guarantee offered on Hyde and Sleep mattresses is 5 years. The reviews are less reassuring than that figure: a run of owners, nearly all on the Original, report dipping or softening inside the first year or two, one writing that it “slowly started to lose all of its support” after a good first month and was replaced two years on.

Hyde & Sleep best offers

We've managed to find the following top deals from across the web on Hyde & Sleep mattresses.

Owner reviews of Tempur mattresses

5 Verified customer

If you're seeking the ultimate in sleep luxury, look no further than the TEMPUR Pro Air SmartCool Luxe Medium Mattress. Pros: Unmatched Comfort: The TEMPUR Advanced Material contours perfectly to your body, providing pressure relief and exceptional support for a truly weightless feel. Cooling Sensation: The SmartCool technology works wonders, keeping you cool and comfortable throughout the night, even in warmer weather. Luxurious Feel: The plush, premium materials and generous depth create a luxurious sleep experience that's hard to beat. Motion Isolation: If you share your bed, you'll appreciate the minimal motion transfer, ensuring undisturbed sleep even if your partner moves around. Cons: Price: It's definitely a splurge, but the quality and comfort are worth it if you prioritize a restful sleep. Initial Firmness: It may take a few nights to adjust to the unique TEMPUR feel, which some might find initially firm. Overall: The TEMPUR Pro Air SmartCool Luxe Medium Mattress is a dream come true for those who crave a truly luxurious and comfortable sleep experience. Its combination of advanced technology, cooling features, and plush comfort make it a top contender for anyone seeking the best of the best. While it comes with a premium price, the investment in restful sleep and overall well-being is undeniable. Recommendation: I wholeheartedly recommend this mattress to anyone who prioritizes comfort, wants a cool sleep environment, and is willing to invest in a high-quality sleep solution. It's perfect for side sleepers, back sleepers, and those who experience temperature fluctuations during the night. If you're ready to elevate your sleep experience to new heights, the TEMPUR Pro Air SmartCool Luxe Medium Mattress is an excellent choice.

5 Marcas

I’ve been sleeping on the Tempur Pro Air SmartCool Plus medium-firm 25cm mattress for a while now, and it has genuinely transformed my sleep quality. The first thing I noticed was how supportive it feels—it has that classic Tempur contouring, but with a more modern, responsive feel that doesn’t leave you “sinking” too much. The medium-firm level strikes a perfect balance: soft enough to relieve pressure on my shoulders and hips, but firm enough to keep my spine aligned. The SmartCool cover is a standout feature. It has a noticeably cool touch from the moment you lie down, and it actually maintains that effect throughout the night. I tend to overheat, but this mattress has made a real difference—no more waking up warm or needing to flip the covers off. Motion isolation is excellent too. Whether someone gets in, gets out, or turns over, the movement barely carries, which is ideal for light sleepers. The 25cm height feels substantial and premium without being overly bulky, and the build quality is exactly what you’d expect from Tempur—solid, well-crafted, and luxurious. Overall: A fantastic upgrade if you want pressure relief, cooling, and high-end comfort in one mattress. It’s definitely an investment, but one that pays off every single night.

4 Disabled and unhappy

Hi I have an adjustable bed. brought my last Tempur mattress designed for adjustable beds about 8 years ago. I was sleeping less than an hour a night for 18 months and even scared to go to bed due to chronic pain. Being disabled you get VAT relief on items to help with your condition. When I purchased my first Tempur mattress I got VAT taken off when I purchased it. Due to not being able to sleep flat from 4 major spine and spinal cord surgeries all leaving me in more pain and worse off from surgery. We could not afford a new Tempur mattress really the only silver lining was we would get the VAT taken off went to same store, we live in same home. Staff said they don’t do it when you purchase in store anymore and it would be down by customer services. I gave them evidence and they sent that off when we brought the new mattress that is specifically designed for adjustable beds. I phoned after delivery to check about how much the payments would be with the VAT removed. But was very unhelpful and said it was a luxury purchase and not due VAT off. I explained that we confirmed before we brought it with the guys in the shop and they said it would be deducted through customer services. The mattress has work wonders and I’m now getting 3 hours sleep a night. Which is nearly four fold. The woman I spoke to probably 2 wks ago said a manager whom could deal with this was going to phone me at some point but still haven’t heard anything. We did everything right to ask and check.

2 Cezsr

Bought this mattress from Dreams almost one year ago. As with every new thing, you’re excited and see only the good parts, in this case, how confy the mattress is, how you don't feel when your partner moves, etc. But there's something really wrong with this mattress and this is not only my opinion, my wife strongly agrees with me. As long as you are alone in bed, Yes, it's amazing, you are floating, no pressure points, great sleep. But, and this is a big BUT: The mattress slowly sinks under your weight, taking the shape of your body. But what happens when two bodies are next to each other? The mattress obviously sinks, obviously in the middle of the bed, creating a massive "valley" and your bodies will be dragged at the bottom of that valley. You'll wake up in the night, like sitting in a hammock, glued to your partner. The sides of mattress are staying high and firm and the centre of the mattress will be at it's lowest. You will climb towards the side, trying to get out from the valley, and you'll find yourself back in again and again. You might think we are heavy people! Yeah right, I'm 72Kg and 1.87m that something like 11 stones and just over 6ft, and my Mrs is 62Kg, so I don't think we are overwhelming the mattress in any way. If you sleep alone in your bed, Yes, best thing the money can buy. If you are a couple, big NO! We've bought the tallest one, paid a lot of money, and not even one year later we are 100% it has to go, reason why I've decided to leave this review. Best of luck.

2 NI26

It does support most of your body rather well overall but if you are a man with wider shoulders you will wake up with shoulder and pain in your ribs without getting a good night's sleep. After spending a lot of money to upgrade to this bed I am left very disappointed as I have done nothing but toss and turn all night in discomfort. I will probably have to try and find a zoned mattress topper to cushion my shoulders which are like hen's teeth in the UK. For the sheer price of this mattress I would have thought the comfort layers would have been slightly thicker and I am a bit annoyed I will have to shop for more items to get a good night's sleep on it. We were sold this mattress believing that it would reduce pressure points but it's barely done that and compared to the old one and has put a lot of pressure on my spine and rib cage. This was after using the sleep match feature in-store so I am really hoping this mattress softens up a bit here in the problem areas. The whole gimmick about it being having cooling features is complete nonsense too, If anything it's a lot warmer than any bed I have had previously, but I sleep with a fan on so that's not the end of the world. Overall not all that impressed considering the price of it, considering I had to take finance out to pay for it too. If these mattresses had zoned support they would be top notch but I don't think they are built for men with wider shoulders.

Owner reviews of Hyde & Sleep mattresses

5 Jerins

looked around.. so many options.. all different prices. We saw this one.. the design was exactly what we were looking for and the price.. was a bit cheap to be honest.. I wondered if we were going to the end up with something flimsy and cheap.. we didn't! This bed is amazing.. the quality is top notch. Gorgeous thick headboard in luxurious fabric.. same on the bed base. The mattress is firm and comfy. No "rolling together" or anything. It is a thick mattress.. no buttons or springs to be felt. We love it. The only thing we did was get some anti slip Matt to put under the mattress to stop or slipping around. I'm a fidget.. that's the only reason why. Fabulous bed.. comfy and quality. I would recommend it to everyone. Lovely delivery guys as well brought it upstairs for us. Service with a smile. Professional. kept me informed of the delivery time as well. Thank you very much

4 Nia.

Overall, very happy with the mattress. I selected it based on the advice from going on the bed in store that assesses your sleeping position. I think I’ve previously had medium mattresses and this one comes up as firm, but I find it soft and supportive. I’m used to a sprung base with foam topper, despite the description making me think this had some sort of micro spring set up it does seem to be essentially all foam. I’m a lot less aware of my husband moving around in his sleep so I guess the foam set up is working. Two small problems that I have with it - firstly it recommends you rotate on a weekly basis for the first three months but it’s really awkward to rotate. There are some handles but they’re underneath the mattress rather than on the side. It’s quite a dense mattress and pretty much a deadweight to try and rotate. The second irritation is that the sheet and mattress protector won’t stay in place. The texture of the mattress cover is particularly slippery and correctly sized fitted sheet keeps on shifting.

4 Martin Glasgow

The mattress seemed firmer than the one tested in the store. I phoned customer services two days after I received the mattress to have this logged. I chose this mattress as I was experiencing joint pain when waking from sleep on my original mattress. I have to say I don’t experience joint pain in the morning now. How the mattress regulates heat I am unsure my wife experiences hot flushes at times and the cooling properties the mattress makes no difference. But no mattress can regulate for hot flushes for to menopause. The edges are firm and hold shape when getting in and out of bed. There is no roll together and the mattress memory foam returns to shape when out of bed. My previous mattress had visible indentations showing where my wife and I sleeped after only a few weeks of use. So I am impressed with this but will be looking out for this over the next few months.

2 RBC1

Really disappointed with the amount of "off gassing" that has happened with this mattress. The smell was awful for the first two days. It very gradually decreased over the first week but we had to have the door shut to the room that the mattress was in and had to keep the windows open for 6 days as the smell was so strong throughout our house otherwise. It took 9 days until we could bear the smell enough to actually try sleeping on the mattress. The chemical small was still pretty strong and the first night sleeping on the mattress I woke up in the night coughing and my partner woke up with a sore throat due to the off gassing fumes. The mattress itself seems comfortable so far, but after having it for 11 days we have only slept on it twice (due to the smell) so I cannot fully comment on the comfort yet. The "ice" element of the mattress is quite cold against the skin which I didn't appreciate when I lay on the mattress in store (as was wearing a coat), so we have purchased a thick mattress protector to feel warm during the winter. Hopefully in the summer this feature will be more useful. We are not overly sensitive to smells but anyone sensitive or who suffers from asthma or allergies should take this into consideration before thinking about purchasing this mattress! Especially if you need to use the mattress as soon as you have purchased it. I expected that there might be some slight odour for a couple of days, but the intense chemically smell from this mattress has been terrible for a prolonged period.

1 Jaws12344

We have had two of these mattresses (having returned the first one because it had a mark on it). Both of them smelt terrible. I can't believe more reviewers don't mention this in their reviews. We slept on the first mattress for a week whilst waiting for it to be replaced, but the smell was awful and both us and the bedding smelt strongly of chemicals. When we received the replacement, we moved into the spare room and aired the mattress - we left it uncovered and regularly opened the windows (in temperatures of 1 degree!) and then reheated the room to try and draw as much 'off gas' out of the mattress as possible. 3 weeks later, we still hadn't slept on the bed and the smell was still strong enough for us to arrange to return it to Dreams. Dreams seem to advise airing these mattresses for 4 hours, but 3 weeks wasn't sufficient. We really wanted to keep the mattress because we had found the first one very comfortable but we couldn't stomach the smell and couldn't believe it would ever disappear. Dreams customer service were very good and we are buying a further mattress from them from a different brand.

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